Performance Quotes

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If you give a good performance, something that gets some feeling across to people, thatâ€™s such a rare gift. Itâ€™s underestimated at this point in… — Iggy Pop
I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward. — Judy Holliday
I don't mind being sexy, but on my terms. To this day, I love sexuality. I love the art of sexuality. I love Lady Gaga… — Helen Mirren
Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I… — Jeremy Piven
Most actors try to do as many different things as possible. I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel… — Joanne Whalley
Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyoneâ€™s privacy, to destroy someoneâ€™s… — Jodie Foster
I've always wanted to stay involved with young people. I never bought into the idea that entertainers owe nothing to their audience except a good… — Pat Boone
The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like theyâ€™re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide,… — Chris Rock
I think there's such a thing, as a performance gene. If it's in your DNA it needs to come out. For me it originally came… — Cillian Murphy
And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as… — Amber Tamblyn
Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every… — Branford Marsalis
I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels… — Jeremy Northam
You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it. — Don King
I've never been a really big fan of theatre. I don't know why. It's so much for effort. It's much more difficult for me than… — Callan McAuliffe
I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music. — John Tesh
All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop… — Vincent D'Onofrio
When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I… — Kiefer Sutherland
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. — Kristi Yamaguchi
Youll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isnt rolling. — Brendan Fehr
I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film — James Dean

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